To coincide with College Awareness Week, National Traveller MABS, the organisation which works to reduce poverty, discrimination, and the financial exclusion of Travellers in Ireland, have created a series of videos aimed at raising awareness of the financial supports and grants available to fund your college education. It’s just one of over 1000 events happening around […]

As part of College Awareness Week, CAW joined up with the Union of Students Ireland and the Irish Second-Level Students’ Union to run #CollegeConnections. It saw a diverse panel of students and graduates from around the country beamed into over 125 second level schools and FET colleges from around the country. The panel discussed their […]

The CAW message is one that we want to permeate communities. The idea that college is for all, is one that students and learners of all ages should be hearing from different people. For that reason, the CAW campaign is rooted in communities. To recognise this, four native Irish trees will be planted in schools […]

  CAW is very excited to launch a Travelling Community Resource written by Annmarie Collins, a teacher and graduate of Trinity College Dublin and Marino Institute of Education. Annmarie understands first-hand, the ‘crucial role teachers play in shaping the lives of young people’ and hopes this resource will help fellow educators to create intercultural and inclusive educational experiences […]

CAW is delighted to have renowned Immunologist, Luke O’Neill as a CAW Champion. Professor O’Neill will be joining Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, to launch CAW 2020 on Monday, 23 November. Professor O’Neill wrote to us here in CAW HQ with a very inspiring message: “We’re living in difficult […]

Former students of Presentation Ballyphehane joined current pupils for a very special College Awarness Week 2019 chat with hosts Marty Morrissey, a former teacher in Presentation Ballyphehane, and local hero Rob Heffernan. Here are some highlights from the event: This year CAW will enjoy strong support from the Union of Students of Ireland, after USI […]

It was a busy week for the Solas Project and their linked primary schools during #CAW19 – big thanks to the Trinity Access Ambassadors who lead them on tours through campus after their graduation ceremony in the Hamilton Building on Friday, 22nd November. Here are some highlight pictures from the event. CAW aims to inspire […]

This year, City Quay National School in Dublin’s city centre ran a packed programme for College Awareness Week – including making college ID badges, creating ‘dream job’ bubbles and more.  Here are some highlight pictures from the event. CAW aims to inspire and inform all students about the importance of having a post-secondary education plan. […]